Willits, Wm.

Soldier:  Wendall P Willets

Regiment:         3rd ‘OVI                        Company:        I

Age:     21                    Date Entering Service:  9/2/1861

Period of Service:  3 months

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee on 12/31/1862, died on 1/31/1862 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                7/6/1861

Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia                         7/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                        4/29/1862

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky                                          10/8/1862

Battle of Stones River, Tennessee                                   12/31/1862

Other interesting information discovered:

Wendall P Willets was born on October 1840 in Morrow County, Ohio. His older brother, William also served in the 3rd OVI.

Date of Death:  11/30/1862                  

Place of burial:  Westin Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio       

 

Adopted By:                                                      Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery


Source URL: https://cardingtonlibrary.org/content/willits-wm